Selenastrum Capricornutum

Categories
HYDROSOLS
Group
chlorophyta
Cell shape
sickle shaped
Structural features
filamentous, gas vacuoles
Particle size

determined with a microscope: 
reff=1.09 μm, veff=0.037

Refractive index

1.24 + i0.020 (calculated following the method of Morel & Bricaud 1986)

Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
632.8
Scattering matrix (1) plot
Scattering matrix (1) table
Angle range (deg)
[20,160]
Full reference paper

Volten H, de Haan JF, Hovenier JW, Schreurs R, Vassen W, Dekker AG, Hoogenboom HJ, Charlton F, Wouts R. Laboratory measurements of angular distributions of light scattered by phytoplankton and silt. Limnology and Oceonography, vol. 43, pp. 1180-1197, 1998